03 November 2014

Commemoration of All Souls

Due to November 2 falling on Sunday this year, All Souls' Day is celebrated today. There is still time to make Mass today; the Oratory has Solemn High Mass at 6:30pm. If you have never been to a traditional Requiem Mass with the catafalque, it is very striking.

Recall that you can gain a plenary indulgence on behalf of a departed soul each day from November 1-8, inclusive, by visiting any cemetery and praying for the dead, even only mentally. All the other usual conditions apply.

On this day, I also learned that a friend's father has passed away. Please, in your charity, pray for the repose of his soul, the souls of all the faithful departed, and this friend's family.

A Day That Will Live in Glory

Pray for the Four Cardinals: Burke, Caffarra, Meiser and Brandmuller

“You are the ones who are happy; you who remain within the Church by your Faith, who hold firmly to the foundations of the Faith which has come down to you from Apostolic Tradition. And if an execrable jealousy has tried to shake it on a number of occasions, it has not succeeded. They are the ones who have broken away from it in the present crisis. No one, ever, will prevail against your Faith, beloved Brothers. And we believe that God will give us our churches back some day."